Monthly birthday parties are one of our favorite things to do here on the base... but Shelly Nettles is usually the one to plan them and bake the amazing cakes for them, and she is in the states for two months! So that put the three of us women on 'party duty' this month. It was a bit of a challenge with our busy teaching schedules, but we managed to pull it off. A Haitian style barn party =)
Here's Daryl, carefully transporting our October birthday cake to the party in the cafeteria. Shakinah and I baked it (a delicious chocolate fudge cake) after school and then Lindsay mixed up her mom's tasty icing, which Daryl graciously added to the cake for us. We added some gummy pumpkins (courtesy of Stu) and candy corn for the festive autumn look.
Me, Shakinah, and Lindsay - proud of our cake and our fall decorations. Even though they seemed a bit out of place on this tropical Haitian evening...
Ingvild and Terry Snow, lookin' the part for our countrified evenin' =) We even sang a rendition of "Happy Birthday" with southern Texan drawls and the accompaniment of my fiddle! We taught everyone how to play Train Wreck (minus the bales of hay) too, and they LOVED it!
Rhodes, Lilly and me learning how to line dance. Lindsay was a good teacher, but she was also having a blast herself =) I like seeing the farm and country side of her coming out...
Our night ended with the traditional 'pool throw.' Lindsay got wet for a second time, and so did Richard (on the right) and all the other birthday boys =)
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Did someone say Line Dancing!?!? Ooh, I know what we're doing when you're back home for good.
Stu and I have "talked" on Facebook a few times. He seems really nice, and it was nice that he just started sending me messages just bc we are friends!
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